Vanguard CEO Salim Ramji was previously head of BlackRock’s iShares division. Credit: Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images. Key Takeaways Vanguard has finally opened up its brokerage platform to Bitcoin ETFs. The change has been widely anticipated ever since Salim Ramji took over as CEO. Ramji previously spearheaded BlackRock’s entry into crypto ETFs. As the head of BlackRock’s iShares division between 2019 and 2024, Salim Ramji helped launch one of the first spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs ...